Jorgen Frojk Kjaersgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It might be a good idea to publish GHC under the GNU Public License or
> something similar. It grants everybody the right to use the software for
> any purpose, including making extensions or modifications of it - as long
> as the "derived work" is published under GPL as well. This ensures that no
> company can take the product, make some small modifications to it and call
> it their own. Whatever you choose to do, I think you need to be more
> explicit about which rights you grant the users of GHC to avoid unwanted
> use/misuse by anyone.

The GNU General Public License is not the only type of "free software" or
"open source software" license in use.

For information on various types of "open source" licenses, check out the 
URL  http://www.opensource.org.

- Conrad Cunningham


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